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September 05, 2002 |

Independent Means

Eliot Spitzer is New York's attorney general, but his actions have been causing reverberations far beyond the boundaries of the Empire State. Case in point: the $100 million 'global' settlement he wrested in May from Merrill Lynch, which requires the unanimous consent of all 50 states. Trouble is, Spitzer didn't consult with other states before endorsing the deal, which could prove to be more than a symbolic mistake.
16 minute read
August 21, 2008 |

Court says Ford suits belong in Latin America

2 minute read
March 28, 2007 |

MDL Panel Sees Power Grow

The 'traffic cop' that consolidates and routes federal civil cases has become increasingly influential. Who gets to sit on the panel is solely up to the Supreme Court's chief justice, and the lack of transparency in that process worries some observers.
9 minute read
December 20, 2002 |

2002 Timeline

A month-by-month look at the major events of 2002 from teh pages of Texas Lawyer.
20 minute read
September 24, 2012 |

Largest Law Firms

59 minute read
April 16, 2007 |

Supreme Court to Decide PSLRA Pleading Standard

Brad S. Karp, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rikind, Wharton & Garrison, and Christopher Hyde Giampapa, an associate at the firm, write that analyze a question recently heard by the Supreme Court: What must a plaintiff allege to state a claim for securities fraud under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act?
13 minute read
January 28, 2002 |

Keeping Firm in a Soft Economy

During the late 1990s, while America -- most notably Silicon Valley tech firms -- was getting drunk on the "new economy," Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld was beefing up its bankruptcy practice and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering was setting deeper roots in regulatory practice. Now, while many reel from the recession, sobriety is paying off at both firms -- and throughout the Washington, D.C., legal market.
15 minute read
August 23, 2004 |

21 to watch: On the Rise 2004

Profile stories of Gayle M. Abramson, Carla E. Brown, Christopher Carpenter, Christopher M. Carr, Kristin M. Childers, Hakim Hilliard, Ajay K. Jindia, Michael D. Johnson, William H. Jordan, Allegra J. Lawrence, Kristin K. McGuffey, David S. McLaughlin, David E. Nahmias, Michele L. NeSmith, Robert A. Rosenbloum, Shelley A. Senterfitt, Preston W.
56 minute read
Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv
Publication Date: 2010-09-20
Practice Area: Torts
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
For defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Case number: 06-4800-cv

Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

April 28, 2008 |

The Texas 100

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